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Background Information and Areas of Research

Martha Beattie is an affiliate scientist at ARG.

She has worked in both mental health and substance abuse treatment program evaluation, and is experienced working with large clinical, administrative and research databases. Her research interests include: substance abuse treatment outcomes; managed care for substance abuse treatment services; matching patients to treatments to improve outcomes; enhancing client skills to improve daily functioning; and the role of social relationships, in particular social support, in improving alcohol and other drug use outcomes.

Beattie earned her doctorate in sociology from Boston University.

Selected Publications

McDaniel, Patricia; Speiglman, R. & Beattie, M. (in press). Implementing managed care for substance abuse treatment services: process and staff perspectives. Contemporary Drug Problems.

 

Beattie, Martha C.; McDaniel, P. & Bond J. (2006). Public sector managed care: a comparative evaluation of substance abuse treatment in three counties. Addiction, 101(6), 857-872.

Beattie, Martha C.; Hu, T. W.; Li, R. & Bond J. (2005). Cost effectiveness of public sector substance abuse treatment: comparison of a managed care approach to traditional public sector system. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 32(4), 409-429.

Wiley, Deane; Beattie, Martha; Nguyen, H.; Puckett, K.; Banerjee, K. & Poon W. (2004). When you assume. .. The reality of implementing a legally-mandated substance abuse treatment program. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 36(Supp. 2), 175-180.

Beattie, Martha (2001). Meta-analysis of social relationships and posttreatment drinking outcomes: comparison of relationship structure, function and quality. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 518-527.

 

Beattie, Martha C. & Longabaugh, Richard (1999).General and alcohol specific social support following treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 24(5), 593-606.

Beattie, Martha C. & Longabaugh, Richard (1997). Interpersonal factors and post-treatment drinking and subjective well-being. Addiction, 93, 1507-1521.

Swindle Jr., Ralph W.; Beattie, Martha C. & Barnett, Paul G. (1996). The quality of cost data: A caution from the Department of Veterans Affairs experience. Medical Care, 34(3), MS83-MS90.

Longabaugh, Richard; Wirtz, Philip W.; Beattie, Martha C.; Noel, Nora & Stout, Robert. (1995). Matching treatment focus to patient social investment and support: 18-month follow-up results. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63(2), 296-307.

Beattie, Martha C.; Longabaugh, Richard; Elliott, Gregory; Stout, Robert L.; Noel, Nora E. & Fava, Joseph. (1993). Effect of the social environment on alcohol involvement and subjective well-being prior to alcoholism treatment. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 54, 283-296.

Other ARG Publications of This Author

Grants Information

Public Sector Managed Care: A Comparative Evaluation, R01 DA11406

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